It is more difficult to change the quality of an army than to make ants ascend to the sky. At least, this is what Xu Rui thinks now. Looking at the chaotic crowd behind him, Xu Rui is scratching his head. There is no organization and discipline at all.
Some were carrying packages snatched from the Italian army, and some were pushing small carts, saying they were going to carry trophies, completely treating the war as a child's play.
Xu Rui knew that even if he had extraordinary abilities, he would not be able to turn an army organized by workers into an elite army in just half a day.
However, Xu Rui had no choice at this time. If he could not lead these people to pursue the victory, and then wait for the Italians to react and then launch a counterattack, not many of the two thousand people would survive.
At this time, Xu Rui was already on his way to Huashan. He knew that if he wanted to keep these two thousand people alive and cause greater chaos to Smolensk, this battle must be fought!
The warehouse in the distance was vaguely visible, and several large-caliber cannons were placed in front of the gate. Xu Rui knew that if he rushed forward like this, these cannons from the Italian army would definitely cause heavy damage to his own side.
In order to create momentum, Xu Rui asked the soldiers to surround the warehouse while shouting loudly. Xu Rui even had several gongs found and beat them continuously on all sides, creating a huge momentum that confused the Italian army.
own details.
Afterwards, Xu Rui concentrated all the light and heavy machine guns and submachine guns at the main entrance. Xu Rui was ready for a bloody battle. However, what was puzzling was that the Italian garrison inside did not respond for a long time.
Not even a single guard was spared.
Xu Rui was confused. Could it be that the Italians had another plan? Did they set up a trap for themselves to get in?
Leng Tiefeng also had this idea in his mind. The calmer the Italians were, the more fishy there was, fearing that there was a huge conspiracy hidden.
More importantly, Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng knew that if the Italians really attacked, they could defeat this ragtag group in an instant. Xu Rui did not expect to win this battle, but he hoped to defeat them through a battle.
Disrupt the German deployment in Smolensk and transfer some troops back from Moscow, so as to reduce the pressure on Moscow.
After waiting for half an hour, there was still no movement from the Italians inside. This made Xu Rui even more puzzled. Could it be that the Italians had set up an empty camp plan for him?
Leng Tiefeng said: "It seems that the Italians are very calm. We have no chance, so we might as well retreat."
But Xu Rui said: "Let's take a look. I really don't know what kind of medicine the Italians are selling in the gourd. Veteran, you can lead a charge and see how the Italians react."
"Okay." Leng Tiefeng immediately directed several machine guns at the main entrance to fire, and then organized hundreds of "soldiers" to launch a tentative attack on the main entrance.
Just as hundreds of "soldiers" swarmed forward in a chaotic manner, Leng Tiefeng was surprised to find that a white flag was raised from the Italian army's barracks. Then, groups of Italian soldiers marched out of the barracks in neat steps.
There were thousands of them, and they were standing neatly in the square. Each of them had no weapons in their hands and raised their hands high above their heads.
"Khan, what is going on?" Leng Tiefeng looked at this person in surprise. He couldn't believe his eyes and thought to himself: What are these Italians doing? Is there some conspiracy? It doesn't look like it.
At this moment, Xu Rui came over from behind Leng Tiefeng.
Leng Tiefeng said: "Old Xu, what are the Italians doing? How come there are more than a thousand troops surrendering without firing a shot?"
Xu Rui said: "I don't understand what happened, but it seems that the Italians are not pretending to surrender. Let's go over and take a look."
At the moment, Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng were at the forefront and entered the Italian army's camp. A lieutenant colonel came out and said in English: "I am Lieutenant Colonel Alfonso, leading the third infantry battalion to attack your army."
surrender."
Xu Rui nodded, and the soldiers behind him swarmed up and pushed all the Italian soldiers aside. Then Xu Rui asked Alfonso: "Why do you want to surrender?"
Alfonso said angrily: "We can't find the crowbar to open the shell box. The cannon has no shells, so we have to surrender."
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When they heard Alfonso's words, Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng were completely petrified. They couldn't believe their ears. Isn't this Italian army too pretentious to surrender for such a reason? This fighting will is really
Makes you speechless.
"You don't have cannons, can't you use guns?" Leng Tiefeng asked reluctantly.
"A gun is a light weapon and is not enough to guarantee the safety of our lives." Alfonso said plausibly.
Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng were burnt on the outside and tender on the inside, completely speechless.
"Lieutenant Colonel Alfonso, your spirit of embracing peace and respecting life is still very good." Xu Rui said.
"I hope you can ensure the safety of our soldiers," Alfonso said.
"No problem, we will treat you peace-loving warriors with courtesy." Xu Rui felt speechless now and didn't know what to say, but one thing is for sure, since the Italians are so "respectful"
Life", and he cannot abuse them.
With the surrender of the Italian army, Xu Rui completely occupied the large arsenal that the Italians had built for more than a month. Only then did Xu Rui know that this arsenal was the largest arsenal owned by the Germans in Smolensk.
, there are hundreds of thousands of rifles, hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition, and more than a dozen large-caliber cannons placed inside. With these weapons alone, a complete army group can be armed.
Next to the Italian warehouse, the soldiers found hundreds more people, but these were women who had been captured by the Italians for their entertainment.
Xu Rui was preparing to blow up the general arsenal and then continue marching to Smolensk. At this moment, Yegor ran over and said happily: "Comrade Xu Rui, I found my wife!
"
Xu Rui said: "That's a good thing. You can reunite as a family. I will soon order the release of all the hundreds of women captured by the Italians."
Yegor shook his head and said: "These girls want revenge, so they all asked to join the Red Army."
When Xu Rui heard this, he said: "Welcome them to join the Red Army and let them get their guns immediately."
Xu Rui said to Diana again: "Diana, I have decided to set up a women's camp for these women, and you will be the camp leader."
Diana said: "How can I be a battalion commander? My own military quality is not high. Commander, you should let others do it."
Xu Rui said: "I say you can do it, you can do it. You are a woman and you are much better at handling things between women than men."
Diana said: "Okay, I will choose to be the battalion commander, but it can only be a temporary battalion commander. I will step down when I return."
Xu Rui said this is okay.
At that moment, more than 500 women formed a women's battalion and joined Xu Rui's troops. As a result, Xu Rui's troops suddenly increased to 2,500 to 600 people.
Xu Rui once again ordered the arsenal to be blown up and moved towards Smolensk.
Leng Tiefeng said: "Old Xu, it seems you really want to take down Smolensk in one go."
Xu Rui said: "We need to build momentum now. The bigger the better. Only in this way can the main force of the German army in Moscow return to support and reduce the burden on Moscow."
Leng Tiefeng said: "As long as you make up your mind, then I will fully support you. Hey, arm workers and women. You Lao Xu can think of it."
Xu Rui said: "Don't underestimate women. The Soviet Union has mobilized 800,000 female soldiers. Female soldiers have become a force that cannot be ignored."
Xu Rui then said: "Veteran, let everyone eat and drink first, and blow up all the weapons and ammunition that cannot be taken away."
"Okay! What to do with those Italian prisoners?" Leng Tiefeng asked.
Xu Rui said: "Let them all go."
"Let it go? Wouldn't that mean letting the tiger go back to the mountain?"
"Do you think, with the combat effectiveness of these Italian armies, they can be regarded as tigers? At most, they can only be praised as kittens. Let them go, but it will disintegrate the enemy's military morale. If they are killed, they will make these servant country armies
put all one's eggs in one basket."
"It makes sense." Leng Tiefeng said.
Now, after resting for a while, Xu Rui once again gathered his troops, blew up the arms warehouse, and continued towards Smolensk.
After walking for about half an hour, Smolensk was already vaguely visible. At this moment, a burst of gunfire rang out in the jungle in the distance. Xu Rui immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing and took out his binoculars to look ahead.
I saw many figures faintly visible in the woods ahead, and a red flag fluttering in the wind among the trees.
Xu Rui looked at the red flag and saw the symbol of sickle and ax clearly embroidered on the red flag. Xu Rui was overjoyed and immediately asked Leng Tiefeng to hang up the red flag and swing it vigorously.
The gunfire from the opposite side stopped, and then a sound came from the jungle.
"Who are you?"
"We are the Soviet Red Army!" Xu Rui shouted.
"It's the Red Army!"
There was an excited cry in the distance.
The next moment, a burst of cheers came, and more than a thousand people ran out of the jungle. Xu Rui looked at these people and saw that most of them were wearing Soviet Red Army uniforms.
Xu Rui couldn't help but frown. In his impression, there was no organized Soviet army near Smolensk. Where did this army come from?
Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng walked out, only to see a Soviet major running towards them across the street. The major suddenly hugged Xu Rui in his arms and said excitedly: "Dawahiri, we have found it. We have found it."
Got it!"
Xu Rui asked: "Comrade Major, which department are you in..."